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Fulham boss Jol frustrated by Blackburn draw

Fulham boss Martin Jol was left frustrated with their 1-1 draw against Blackburn Rovers.

Fulham edged first-half proceedings but fell behind to a moment of magic from Ruben Rochina, who launched an unstoppable 18-yard drive in the 32nd minute.

The home side equalised six minutes later through Bobby Zamora's own inspired moment and Jol was disappointed that his side could not find a winner.

"It was frustrating," he said. "It was similar to the [goalless draw] against Villa, especially the second half.

"We deserved three points from that game and today it was probably the same.

"More and more nowadays in football for example you see Liverpool yesterday with 70 or 75% possession and still lose the game so that can happen.

"It is not easy to play in their half and we did that.

"We tried to do that in the first half but couldn't because we were a bit sloppy in midfield and everybody was bombing forward.

"And of course the style of this club is to try and play attractive football and in the second half that certainly happened.

"In the second half I can remember we had eight or nine crosses to the near post.

"They protected that well, but then we need to come up with good solutions.

"We needed better finishing. I've heard the phrase that we lacked a cutting edge and maybe today we did."

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